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Re:All poverty is energy poverty by alangibson on Monday September 05, 2022 @11:40AM (#32725542)
Yea, but power is Kraft.
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Re:All poverty is energy poverty by _Microft on Monday September 05, 2022 @11:58AM (#32725773)
German "Kraft"[0] as physical term means "force" in English, while "power" translates as "Leistung"[1].

[0] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leistung_(Physik)

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Re:All poverty is energy poverty by alangibson on Monday September 05, 2022 @04:42PM (#32729188)
Honestly they get mixed up just like in English.

Kraftwerk for power plant, Kraftstoff for fuel. But then you have elektrische Leistung for electrical power.

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Re:All poverty is energy poverty by selimthegrim on Monday September 05, 2022 @01:35PM (#32726899)
He is probably thinking in sense of “Atomkraft”
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